Azerbaijani, Armenian foreign ministers may meet on May 12

ITAR-TASS, Russia
April 30 2004

Azerbaijani, Armenian foreign ministers may meet on May 12

BAKU, April 30 (Itar-Tass) — The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and
Armenia are likely to meet again on May 12, during a ministerial
session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mamedyarov said on Friday.

Asked by Itar-Tass about the sides’ readiness for compromises, the
minister said, `this is a subject of the negotiations.’ `We are
considering some ideas,’ including the liberation of seven districts
of Azerbaijan in exchange to the restoration of transport routes to
Armenia, he said.

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia had a useful exchange of
opinions in Warsaw on April 28 during the European Economic Forum, he
said. Baku has approved the Turkish initiative of a meeting of the
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers, he added.